Women's status and children's food security in Pakistan

This study examines the role of women’s intra-household status relative to men in children’s food security in Pakistan. Data from the 1991 Pakistan Integrated Household Survey (PIHS) yield a measure of evidence of a positive relation between women’s intra-household status and children’s food security.

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Year of publication:	2006
Authors:	Guha-Khasnobis, Basudeb ; Hazarika, Gautam
Publisher:	Helsinki : The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
Subject:	Haushaltsökonomik \| Frauen \| Kinder \| Nahrungsmittelversorgung \| Pakistan \| women \| children \| food security \| anthropometric

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Series:	WIDER Discussion Paper ; 2006/03
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
ISBN:	9291908312
Other identifiers:	514213868 [GVK] hdl:10419/52923 [Handle]
Classification:	I0 - Health, Education, and Welfare. General ; I10 - Health. General ; D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
Source:	EconStor

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